CN107534257A - Joint connector - Google Patents
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- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
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- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
- H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
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- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
- H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
- H01R13/631—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only
- H01R13/6315—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection
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Abstract
A kind of joint connector is provided, the abrasion of the contact part caused by the relative shift between electric wire side terminal and the shorting members can be suppressed.Joint connector possesses：Multiple electric wire side terminals (20)；Shorting members (30), it has base portion (32) and multiple terminal fitting portions (34)；And insulation shell (HG), it delimit multiple terminal accommodating rooms (41), and keep shorting members (30).Insulation shell (HG) has：Terminal keeps housing section (40), and it delimit terminal accommodating room (41), and engages electric wire side terminal (20) respectively；And shorting members keep housing section (50), it keeps shorting members (30), and two housings portion (40,50) are engaged in a manner of allowing relative shift between the two in limited scope in the state of mutual limitation.
Description
Technical field
Joint connector the present invention relates to the method for forming short circuit current and for forming the short circuit current, the short circuit
Circuit is used to making more electric wires that wire harness of automobile etc. included electric short circuit each other.
Background technology
In the past, the device being electrically short-circuited to each other as the more electric wires for being included wire harness of automobile etc., it is known that joint connects
Connect device.Such as patent document 1 is recorded, the joint connector possesses：Multiple female end are electric wire side terminal, and it is installed on
The more electric wires that should be short cut with each other each on；Insulation shell, it has the multiple terminal accommodating rooms for receiving each electric wire side terminal,
And with the terminal fastener for engaging the electric wire side terminal being inserted into the terminal accommodating room respectively；And shorting members
(being busbar in patent document 1), it is arranged in the insulation shell.
The busbar is made up of conductor, specially metallic plate, and one has base portion (linking part) and (linked from the base portion
Portion) prominent multiple terminal fitting portions (male), each terminal fitting portion has can be with being inserted into each terminal accommodating room
The chimeric shape of the multiple electric wire side terminal.The base portion of the shorting members allows chimeric with each terminal fitting portion
The electric wire side terminal between conduct, thus, formation make the short circuit current that the more electric wires are electrically short-circuited to each other.
But in the joint connector that the patent document 1 is recorded, each electric wire side terminal is relative to the short circuit
Component easily produces relative shift, has because the relative shift promotes the contact portion of the shorting members and the electric wire side terminal
Divide the danger of abrasion.Specifically, the electric wire side terminal is because just with the card with the lance portion in the insulation shell etc.
Close and engage, so while vibration of the electric wire etc. can be relative to the insulation shell portion in small scope relative shift, separately
On the one hand, the shorting members compare and firmly fixed relative to the power that the shorting members plug off to resist electric wire side terminal
In in the insulation shell, therefore the electric wire side terminal is directly connected to relatively relative to the relative shift of the insulation shell
In the relative shift of the shorting members.
Prior art literature
Patent document
Patent document 1：JP 2014-049399 publications
The content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of joint connector, it possess be installed on more electric wires each on multiple electric wires
Side terminal and the shorting members with these electric wire side termination contacts, the joint connector can suppress due to the electric wire side terminal
The abrasion of contact part caused by relative shift between the shorting members.
A kind of joint connector is provided, it is described to connect for forming the short circuit current for being electrically short-circuited to each other more electric wires
Head connector possesses：Multiple electric wire side terminals, it is installed on the respective end of more electric wires；The short-circuit structure being made up of conductor
Part, it is each to hold with the base portion extended in particular directions and from the base portion multiple terminal fitting portions prominent to equidirectional
Sub- fitting portion has shape that can be chimeric with each electric wire side terminal；And insulation shell, it delimit the multiple electric wire side
Multiple terminal accommodating rooms that terminal can insert respectively along the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal, and to be inserted into each terminal accommodating
The mode chimeric with the terminal fitting portion keeps the shorting members to the electric wire side terminal of room respectively.The insulation shell has
Terminal keeps housing section and shorting members keep housing section, and the terminal keeps housing section to have multiple terminal fasteners, described
Multiple terminal fasteners delimit the multiple terminal accommodating room, and locking is inserted into the electric wire of the terminal accommodating room respectively
Side terminal, it is that the component of housing section independence is kept with the terminal that the shorting members, which keep housing section, and the shorting members from
Open the terminal to keep keeping the shorting members on the position of housing section, the terminal keeps housing section and shorting members to keep
Housing section with allow in limited scope the shorting members keep housing section relative to the terminal keep housing section relative shifting
The mode of position engages in the state of mutual limitation.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the sectional side view of the joint connector of the 1st embodiment of the present invention, is to represent the I-I lines along Fig. 5
The figure in section.
Fig. 2 is to represent the top view along the section of Fig. 1 II-II lines.
Fig. 3 is to represent the front view along the section of Fig. 1 III-III lines.
Fig. 4 is by the sectional side view for wanting portion's enlarged representation of the joint connector shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is by the cutaway top view for wanting portion's enlarged representation of the joint connector shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is the top view of the joint connector.
Fig. 7 is the stereogram that the joint connector is watched from cover portion side.
Fig. 8 is the cuing open equivalent to Fig. 2 for the variation for representing the shorting members holding housing section in the joint connector
Depending on top view.
Fig. 9 is the sectional side view of the joint connector of the 2nd embodiment of the present invention, is to represent the IX-IX along Figure 12
The side view in the section of line.
Figure 10 is to represent the top view along the section of Fig. 9 X-X lines.
Figure 11 is to represent the top view along the section of Fig. 9 XI-XI lines.
Figure 12 is the rearview of the joint connector shown in Fig. 9.
Figure 13 is the upward view of the joint connector shown in Fig. 9.
Embodiment
While one side illustrates to embodiments of the present invention referring to the drawings.
Fig. 1~Fig. 8 represents the joint connector of the 1st embodiment of the present invention.The joint connector is to be used to make more
The connector that electric wire 10 short cut with each other, possess multiple electric wire side terminals 20, multiple shorting members 30 and insulation shell HG.
The multiple electric wire side terminal 20 is respectively arranged in the end of the more electric wires 10.Each electric wire of the embodiment
Side terminal 20 is so-called female terminal, has electric wire crimp portion 22 and electrical contacts 24, and these utilize single metal plate shape
Into.The electric wire crimp portion 22 is the part for the end for being crimped on the electric wire 10, and the electric wire side can be made by the crimping
It is sub to be conducted between the conductor part of the electric wire 10.The electrical contacts 24 be by it is chimeric with the shorting members 30 from
And the position for making electrical contact with the shorting members 30, being contacted in a manner of being formed and being conducted.The electrical contacts 24 of the embodiment
For female, receive insertion of the shorting members 30 to the electrical contacts 24.
The multiple shorting members 30 are made up of conductor respectively, be provided integrally with base portion 32, multiple terminal fitting portions 34 with
And multiple connector end sub-portions 36.Each shorting members 30 of the embodiment are made up of single flat metallic plate.
The base portion 32 has the shape extended in particular directions with certain width.The multiple terminal fitting portion 34
Arranged at spaced intervals on the specific direction, and it is prominent to 1st projected direction orthogonal with the specific direction.Each terminal is embedding
Conjunction portion 34 is embedded into the electrical contacts 24 of the female as so-called male form terminal (tab), thus, it is possible to the electrical contacts 24
Electrical contact.The multiple connector end sub-portion 36 by arranging at spaced intervals on the specific direction, and from the base portion
It is prominent to 2nd projected direction opposite with the 1st projected direction, connect so as to form with what is be made up of the terminal fitting portion 34
The terminal of different (positioned at the opposite side) joint connector of head connector.Specifically, each connector end sub-portion 36 is to set
Be placed in the connector of the end of the wirning harness different from the more electric wires 10, have can with Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 shown in double dot dash line
The shape that is fitted together to respectively of multiple bonder terminals for being included of other side's connector CC.
The insulation shell HG in the joint connector has：Terminal keeps housing section 40, and it keeps each electric wire
Side terminal 20；And shorting members keep housing section 50, it is to keep the independent component of housing section 40 with the terminal, described in holding
Shorting members 30.
The terminal, which keeps housing section 40, to be shaped by insulating materials such as synthetic resin, with terminal retention portion 43, outside
Shell portion 44, cover portion 46 and retainer 47.Wherein, the terminal retention portion 43, housing department 44 and cover portion 46 are integrally formed as
The housing section main body being made up of solid memder, the retainer 47 are installed on the shell as the component different from the housing section main body
Body portion main body.
The terminal retention portion 43 delimit multiple terminal accommodating rooms 41, and have and be directed to the plurality of terminal accommodating room respectively
The 41 multiple lance portion 42 set.
The terminal accommodating room 41, which has, receives the multiple electric wire side terminal 20 respectively along the electric wire side terminal 20
The shape of direction of principal axis insertion.Specifically, the multiple terminal accommodating room 41 in a manner of arranging, i.e. with throughout upper and lower multilayer in length and breadth
The mode arranged in the lateral direction is formed, and each terminal accommodating room 41 has in the side of the direction of principal axis (in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2
For right side) opening terminal insert port 41a.Each insulation side terminal 20 can be front with the electrical contacts 24 from the end
Sub- insert port 41a is inserted into the corresponding terminal accommodating room 41.
The multiple lance portion 42, which respectively constitutes, engages the electric wire side terminal 20 for being inserted into each terminal accommodating room 41
The terminal fastener of (once engaging).The lance portion 42 forms so-called cantilever-shaped.Specifically, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, the lance
Shape portion 42 has：Base portion 42a, a part for its wall with delimiting the terminal accommodating room 41 are connected；And top ends 42b, its
The end of base portion 42a opposite side, lance portion 42 can with top ends 42b to the direction of principal axis with the electric wire side terminal 20 just
The mode elastic deformation of direction (being in Fig. 1 lower section) the flexure displacement of friendship.The lance portion 42 by the top ends 42b to from
Direction (being upward in Fig. 1) the flexure displacement that the electric wire side terminal 20 is kept out of the way, so as to allow the electric wire side terminal 20 to insert
Enter into the terminal accommodating room 41, on the other hand, the terminal accommodating room is being completely inserted into by the electric wire side terminal 20
A part of elastic recovery in the state of in 41, so as to which the electric wire side terminal 20 be engaged (once in the terminal accommodating room 41
Locking).Specifically, the suitable position of the top ends 42b of the lance portion 42 and the electric wire side terminal 20 of the insertion is (in Fig. 4
And be the middle part of electrical contacts 24 in Fig. 5 example) engaging prevents the disengaging of the electric wire side terminal 20.
The retainer 47 is kept because will be inserted into the terminal in a manner of the locking from the lance portion 42 is different
The electric wire side terminal 20 in each terminal accommodating room 41 in portion 43 engages (secondary locking), so being installed on the housing section main body
In the terminal retention portion 43 on.Specifically, the retainer 47 has to forming in each terminal accommodating room 41 than described
The shape that the window 47a of each lance portion 42 specific part of side rearward delimited, and with each terminal accommodating will be inserted into
The locking protrusion of privileged site (being in Fig. 1 the rear end in the electric wire crimp portion 22) locking of the electric wire side terminal 20 in room 41
47b.The retainer 47 can in the locking position shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4, i.e. the locking protrusion 47b engage the electric wire side terminal
20 position, with from the locking position to the direction (be in Fig. 1 lower section) orthogonal with the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal 20
Moved between the retreating position of skew.On the retreating position, the window 47a and other portions of the terminal accommodating room 41
Divide unanimously, so as to allow the electric wire side terminal 20 to penetrate the retainer 47 by window 47a and be inserted into the terminal
In reception room 41.
The retainer 47 can be omitted suitably in the present invention.
The housing department 44 is in side (being left side in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) opposite with each terminal insert port 41a and the end
Sub- maintaining part 43 abuts, be to maintain and house the shorting members keep housing section 50 can relative shift part.Separately
Outside, the cover portion 46 is prolonged from the housing department 44 to the 43 opposite side of terminal retention portion (being left side in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2)
Long position.Details on these housing departments 44 and cover portion 46 will be aftermentioned.
It is by synthesizing as the component different from terminal holding housing section 40 that the shorting members, which keep housing section 50,
The component of the insulating materials such as resin shaping, forms approximately parallelepiped body shape in this embodiment.The shorting members keep housing section
50 keep the multiple shorting members 30 respectively.Specifically, the shorting members keep housing section 50 to be left in the shorting members 30
The terminal keeps being arranged with the shorting members 30 throughout upper and lower multilayer on the position of housing section 40, and with each shorting members 30 to
The direction insertion shorting members parallel with the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal 20 keep the state of housing section 50 to keep the short circuit
Component 30.
The shorting members keep housing section 50 to house and are held in the housing department 44 of the terminal holding housing section 40.Should
Shorting members keep the position that is kept of housing section 50 be each shorting members 30 terminal fitting portion 34 respectively from it is described
The opposite sides of terminal insert port 41a (being left side in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) are projected into the position in each terminal accommodating room 41, are slotting
The electrical contacts 24 for entering the electric wire side terminal 20 into each terminal accommodating room 41 can be chimeric with the terminal fitting portion 34 respectively (detailed
For thin, the terminal fitting portion 34 is embedded into the electrical contacts 24) position.
The shorting members keep housing section 50 to have：Base portion press-in portion 52, it receives the base of each shorting members 30
The press-in in portion 32；Multiple terminal inserting holes 56, it is connected with the base portion press-in portion 52, receives inserting for each connector end sub-portion 36
It is logical；And multiple terminal embedded divisions 54, it is that boundary is located at and the 56 opposite side of terminal inserting hole with the base portion press-in portion 52.
Terminal embedded division 54 has following shape：The base portion 32 is allowed to be pressed into the base portion press-in portion by the terminal embedded division 54
In 52, and allow the electrical contacts 24 of the electric wire side terminal 20 chimeric with each terminal fitting portion 34 to be embedded into the terminal embedding
Enter in portion 54.The terminal embedded division 54 of the embodiment is the recess for having bottom 55, and the bottom 55 is as by being embedded into
The top for stating the electrical contacts 24 of terminal embedded division 54 is touched with the bottom 55 so as to provide the abutting of the position on the top
Portion plays a role.
The housing department 44 in limited scope to allow the shorting members to keep housing section 50 relative to comprising this
The terminal of housing department 44 keeps the relative shift of housing section 40, is particularly with the direction of principal axis of each electric wire side terminal 20 just
The mode of the relative shift in the direction of friendship houses and keeps the shorting members to keep housing section 50.Specifically, the housing department 44 has
Have to separate relative to the outer peripheral face 50a of shorting members holding housing section 50 and little by little surround shorting members holding with gap
The inner peripheral surface 44a of the shape of housing section 50, and with each 41 opposite side opening of terminal retention portion.The gap can make described
Shorting members keep housing section 50 relative to the housing department 44 in the range of equivalent to the gap to the electric wire side
The orthogonal direction relative shift of direction of principal axis of son 20.
On the border of the housing department 44 and the terminal retention portion 43 formed with stage portion 45 as shown in Figures 4 and 5,
The stage portion 45 limits the end that the shorting members keep the side of terminal retention portion 43 of housing section 50.On the other hand, it is described short
Road component keeps housing section 50 to have a pair protruded from its outer peripheral face and includes limitation face by limitation projection 58, the housing department 44
44b, limitation face 44b by with this by limitation projection 58 abut so as to from short-circuit structure described in the 45 opposite lateral spacing system of stage portion
Part keeps housing section 50.
That is, described housing department 44 is protected with sandwiching the shorting members between the stage portion 45 and the limitation face 44b
The mode for holding housing section 50 limits shorting members holding housing section 50, and to allow the shorting members to keep housing section 50
Relative to the relative shift of housing department 44, particularly to the direction relative shift orthogonal with the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal 20
The side of the amount of the gap (shorting members keep the outer peripheral face 50a of housing section 50 and the inner peripheral surface 44a of housing department 44 gap)
Formula keeps and houses shorting members holding housing section 50.
The cover portion 46 has following shape：Surround each connection for keeping housing section 50 to protrude from the shorting members
Device portion of terminal 36, and receive the insertion of the housing of other side's connector CC.So, the cover portion 46 and each connector
Portion of terminal 36 forms the tab connector portion that can be engaged with other side's connector CC together.
In joint connector described above, two housings portion 40,50 is each other to keep the shorting members of shorting members 30
Keep housing section 50 relative to the terminal for engaging each electric wire side terminal 20 keep housing section 40 can in limited scope phase
The mode of displacement is engaged, so integrally integrally formed existing joint connector is different from the insulation shell, enhanced
The shorting members keep confining force of the housing section 50 to shorting members 30, and the shorting members chimeric with the electric wire side terminal 20
30, which can follow the electric wire side terminal 20, keeps the slight shift in housing section 50 in the terminal and is protected with the shorting members
Housing section 50 is held to shift in limited scope together.This can suppress the relative shifting of the electric wire side terminal 20 and the shorting members 30
Position, and the abrasion of the contact part caused by the relative shift between the two can be suppressed.
Particularly, in this embodiment, the terminal keeps the holding of the electric wire side terminal 20 in housing section 40 to pass through
The lance portion 42 that deformation can be elastically deflected to the direction orthogonal with the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal 20 is carried out, and the locking is easy
Electric wire side terminal 20 is allowed to keep the relative shift of housing section 40 relative to the terminal, so the shorting members keep housing section
50 can keep the relative shift of housing section 40 together with the shorting members 30 relative to the terminal, and advantage is big in this respect.
Moreover, the shorting members keep housing section 50 because having terminal embedded division 54, terminal embedded division 54 receive and
The insertion of the electrical contacts 24 of the chimeric electric wire side terminal 20 of the terminal fitting portion 34 of the shorting members 30, so can be by this
It is embedded to promote the shorting members to keep housing section 50 to follow the displacement of the electric wire side terminal 20 and shift.
Moreover, the terminal embedded division 54 is the recess for having bottom 55, and played a role as following abutting part：Pass through
The top of the electrical contacts 24 of the bottom 55 with being embedded into the terminal embedded division 54 is abutted so as to provide the electric wire side terminal
20 apical position, the shorting members are promoted to keep housing section 50 to follow the electric wire so the terminal embedded division 54 has both
The displacement of side terminal 20 and the function that shifts and provide the electric wire side terminal 20 apical position function both.
In addition, the shorting members keep housing section 50 in the base portion press-in portion 52 and each terminal inserting hole 56
Border has stage portion 57, the stage portion 57 the direction opposite with the direction of insertion of the electric wire side terminal 20 (in fig. 2 for
Right) touched with the base portion 32 of the shorting members 30, so the shorting members keep housing section 50 to receive the shorting members
30 keep the press-in in housing section 50 to the shorting members, and the insertion force that can resist the electric wire side terminal 20 is described to limit
Shorting members 30.The effect is by keeping housing section 40 and the shorting members to keep housing section 50 to be set to different the terminal
Component and obtain.
But the shorting members 30 keep the pressing direction not limited to this of housing section 50 to the shorting members, also may be used
With opposite.For example, as shown in Figure 8, or, the base portion press-in portion 52 and multiple terminal fitting portion inserting holes 53 are described
The side opening of cover portion 46, the base portion 32 of the shorting members 30 and multiple terminal fitting portions 34 are respectively relative to the base portion press-in portion 52
And terminal fitting portion inserting hole 5 inserts from the side of cover portion 46 (being in fig. 2 left side).
In addition, because it is different component that the terminal, which keeps housing section 40 and shorting members holding housing section 50, institute
Can also make the material in composition two housings portion 40 mutually different.For example, by using with the lance portion 42 can be made fully to bend
The 1st material (such as resin of PBT, polyamide etc.) of 1st spring rate of deformation shapes the terminal and keeps housing section 40, is used in combination
The 2nd material (such as the resin such as PBT, LCP, SPS containing glass fibre) of the 2nd spring rate with more than the 1st spring rate
Shape the shorting members and keep housing section 50, ensure that the terminal keeps each spear in housing section 40 so as to realize simultaneously
The sufficient deflection deformation in portion 42 and ensure that the shorting members keep abundant holding of the housing section 50 to the shorting members 30
Power.
The 2nd embodiment of the present invention is represented in Fig. 9~Figure 13.In the 1st embodiment, kept in the terminal
In housing section 40 one is connected as formed with the housing department 44 for housing the shorting members holding housing section 50 and with the housing department 44
The cover portion 46 of body, on the other hand, in the 2nd embodiment, keep protecting formed with accepting terminals on housing section 50A in shorting members
The cover portion 66 held housing section 40A housing department 64 and connected as one with the housing department 64.
Specifically, the terminal of the 2nd embodiment keeps housing section 40A and the terminal of the 1st embodiment to keep shell
Body portion 40 is same, has the terminal retention portion 43 for delimiting multiple terminal accommodating rooms 41 and the guarantor being installed on the terminal retention portion 43
Holder 47, but housing department 44 and cover portion 46 without the 1st embodiment.On the other hand, the short circuit of the 2nd embodiment
Component keeps housing section 50A except keeping housing section 50 equally to have base portion press-in with the shorting members of the 1st embodiment
Outside portion 52 and multiple terminal inserting holes 56, also with the housing department 64 and the cover portion 66.
The housing department 64 has：Roof 61, it covers the terminal in upside and keeps housing section 40A；Pair of right and left side
Wall 62, it covers the terminal in the left and right sides and keeps housing section 40A；And bottom wall 63, it covers the terminal in downside and protected
Hold housing section 40A.Wherein, bottom wall 63 has is less than the roof 61 and described one on the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal 20
To the size of side wall 62, the retainer 47 for making to be installed on the terminal retention portion 43 exposes in lower section.So, it is alleged in the present invention
" housing department " be not necessarily limited to cover other side housing section it is overall, the one of the housing section of the other side can also be made according to its structure
Expose part.
The terminal keeps housing section 40A to be entered by the both sides of direction of principal axis of the housing department 64 from the electric wire side terminal 20
Row limitation.Specifically, the terminal keeps housing section 40A terminal retention portion 43 to have：As shown in figure 11 in its front end (in Figure 11
In be left end) to the left and right two protruding outside a pair by limitation projection 43a；And as shown in Figure 10, Figure 13 fore-and-aft direction
Middle part to the left and right two protruding outside a pair by limitation projection 43b.On the other hand, the shorting members keep the base of housing section 50
Portion's press-in portion 52 limits the terminal from front side (being left side in Fig. 9 and Figure 10) and keeps housing section 40A, and with inwardly projecting
Mode be formed at limitation projection 62a, 62b in the pair of side wall 62 from rear side limitation it is described respectively by limitation projection 43a,
43b。
Also it is same with the 1st embodiment in the 2nd embodiment, in the outer of terminal holding housing section 40A
Appropriate gap is assigned between the inner peripheral surface of side face and the housing department 64, allows the terminal to keep shell in limited scope
Body portion 40A is relative to the relative shift of the housing department 64, the particularly direction orthogonal with the direction of principal axis of electric wire side terminal 20
Relative shift, so as to make the shorting members keep holding of the housing section 50 to shorting members 30 firm, and this can be allowed
Shorting members 30 are shifted together with the electric wire side terminal 20 to suppress both relative shifts, thus, can effectively suppress by
The abrasion of contact part caused by the relative shift.
But in the present invention, what the housing department 44,64 and the cover portion 46,66 were not required, can also suitably it save
Slightly.For example, the shorting members of the present invention can also not have connector end sub-portion, and only there is base portion and multiple terminals to be fitted together to
Portion.In this case, it is not necessary to the cover portion.In addition, can also be to omit housing department in the present invention, the terminal is kept
Housing section and the shorting members keep housing section to be interconnected with the relation of equity, i.e. not a side in two housings portion houses
The opposing party, but both be interconnected appropriate linking part in a manner of energy relative shift.
As above, there is provided a kind of joint connector, it possess be installed on more electric wires each on multiple electric wire side terminals and
With the shorting members of these electric wire side termination contacts, the joint connector can suppress by the electric wire side terminal and the short circuit
The abrasion of contact part caused by relative shift between component.
A kind of joint connector is provided, it is described to connect for forming the short circuit current for being electrically short-circuited to each other more electric wires
Head connector possesses：Multiple electric wire side terminals, it is installed on the respective end of more electric wires；The short-circuit structure being made up of conductor
Part, it is each to hold with the base portion extended in particular directions and from the base portion multiple terminal fitting portions prominent to equidirectional
Sub- fitting portion has shape that can be chimeric with each electric wire side terminal；And insulation shell, it delimit the multiple electric wire side
Multiple terminal accommodating rooms that terminal can insert respectively along the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal, and to be inserted into each terminal accommodating
The mode chimeric with the terminal fitting portion keeps the shorting members to the electric wire side terminal of room respectively.The insulation shell has
Terminal keeps housing section and shorting members keep housing section, and the terminal keeps housing section to delimit the multiple terminal accommodating room,
And with the multiple terminal fasteners for engaging the electric wire side terminal for being inserted into the terminal accommodating room respectively, the short circuit
It is that the component of housing section independence is kept with the terminal that component, which keeps housing section, and leaves the terminal in the shorting members and keep shell
The shorting members are kept on the position in body portion, the terminal keeps housing section and shorting members to keep housing section with limited
In the range of allow the shorting members to keep housing section to keep the mode of relative shift of housing section mutually limiting relative to the terminal
Engaged in the state of system.
In the joint connector, because in the insulation shell, two housings portion is each other to keep the short of shorting members
Road component keep housing section relative to house and engage electric wire side terminal terminal keep housing section can in limited scope phase
The mode of displacement is engaged, so integrally integrally formed existing joint connector is different from the insulation shell, although plus
The strong shorting members keep confining force of the housing section to shorting members, but the shorting members chimeric with the electric wire side terminal can chase after
The slight shift of the electric wire side terminal in housing section is kept with the terminal and keeps housing section one with the shorting members
Rise and shifted in limited scope.This can suppress the relative shift of the electric wire side terminal and the shorting members, and can suppress due to
The abrasion of contact part caused by the relative shift between the two.
Particularly, keeping each terminal fastener of housing section to be in the terminal can be to the axle side with the electric wire side terminal
In the case of the lance portion of deformation is elastically deflected to orthogonal direction, easily produces electric wire side terminal and kept relative to the terminal
The relative shift of housing section, therefore shorting members holding housing section can be relative to terminal holding housing section relative shift
It is very effective.
In the joint connector, preferably described shorting members keep housing section to have abutting part, and the abutting part passes through
The electric wire side terminal chimeric with the terminal fitting portion of the shorting members is abutted so as to provide the top of the electric wire side terminal
End position.Thus, to keep the rational structure of housing section to be prevented from the electric wire side terminal to described using shorting members
Being excessively inserting in terminal accommodating room.
Additionally, it is preferred that the shorting members keep housing section to have terminal embedded division, the terminal embedded division receives and institute
State the insertion of the top ends of the chimeric electric wire side terminal of terminal fitting portion of shorting members.The top ends of the electric wire side terminal to
The embedded of the terminal embedded division promotes the shorting members to keep housing section to follow the displacement of the electric wire side terminal and shift.
In this case, more preferably described terminal embedded division is the recess for having bottom, the bottom form by with insertion
Abutted to the top of the electric wire side terminal of the terminal embedded division so as to provide the abutting of the apical position of the electric wire side terminal
Portion.Thus, the terminal embedded division can be assigned promotes the shorting members to keep housing section to follow the electric wire side terminal
Both functions and the function of the apical position of the regulation electric wire side terminal for shifting and shifting.
It is preferred that the shorting members keep housing section to have：Shorting members insertion section, it is opened in terminal accommodating room side
Mouthful, receive insertion of the shorting members to the direction of insertion identical direction with the electric wire side terminal to keep the short-circuit structure
Part；And shorting members limiting unit, its by relative to be inserted into the shorting members of the shorting members insertion section with this
The direction of the opposite side of direction of insertion of shorting members is touched, so as to limit the shorting members.The structure is so that the shorting members to be inserted
The simple operations entered to shorting members insertion just can keep housing section to configure the shorting members in the shorting members, and
The shorting members keep housing section to resist the insertion force of the electric wire side terminal and reliably keep the shorting members.
Keeping each terminal fastener of housing section to be in the terminal can be to orthogonal with the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal
Direction the lance portion of deformation is elastically deflected in the case of, preferably the terminal keeps housing section by with can carry out the bending deformation
1st material forming of the 1st spring rate of shape, the shorting members keep housing section by the 2nd with more than the 1st spring rate
2nd material forming of spring rate.The situation keeps housing section and the shorting members to keep housing section as not using the terminal
The structure of isomorphic product, the bending deformation for ensureing that the terminal keeps forming the lance portion of terminal fastener in housing section can be realized simultaneously
Shape and ensure that the shorting members keep abundant confining force of the housing section to the shorting members.
As the specific junction form of terminal holding housing section and shorting members holding housing section, such as compared with
Good, it is the band that one has housing department that the terminal, which keeps side's housing section in housing section and shorting members holding housing section,
The housing section of shell, the housing department by allow the opposing party's housing section kept in limited scope in a manner of relative shift and
House the opposing party's housing section.
The shorting members are in addition to the terminal fitting portion, it is possible to have multiple connector end sub-portions, institute
It is prominent from the base portion to side opposite with the terminal fitting portion to state multiple connector end sub-portions, and can be included with other side's connector
Multiple bonder terminals be fitted together to respectively.In this case, the more preferably described housing section with shell further includes cover portion, institute
Cover portion is stated from the housing department to extend and from the multiple connector end sub-portion of outer side covers.The situation can be with using comprising described
The rational structure of the shorting members of terminal fitting portion and the housing section with shell comprising the housing department, structure possess described
The new joint connector of multiple connector end sub-portions and cover portion.
Claims (9)
1. a kind of joint connector, for forming the short circuit current for being electrically short-circuited to each other more electric wires, the joint connector possesses：
Multiple electric wire side terminals, it is installed on the respective end of more electric wires；
The shorting members being made up of conductor, it has the base portion that extends in particular directions and prominent from the base portion to equidirectional
Multiple terminal fitting portions, each terminal fitting portion have can be chimeric with each electric wire side terminal shape；And
Insulation shell, it delimit the multiple electric wire side terminal can be respectively along the multiple of the direction of principal axis insertion of the electric wire side terminal
Terminal accommodating room, and by be inserted into the electric wire side terminal of each terminal accommodating room it is chimeric with the terminal fitting portion respectively in a manner of
The shorting members are kept,
There is the insulation shell terminal to keep housing section and shorting members to keep housing section, and the terminal keeps housing section to delimit
The multiple terminal accommodating room, and it is multiple with the electric wire side terminal for being inserted into the terminal accommodating room is engaged respectively
Terminal fastener, it is that the component of housing section independence is kept with the terminal that the shorting members, which keep housing section, and in the short-circuit structure
Part leaves the terminal and keeps keeping the shorting members on the position of housing section, and the terminal keeps housing section and shorting members
Housing section is kept to allow the phase that the shorting members keep housing section relative to terminal holding housing section in limited scope
The mode of displacement is engaged in the state of mutual limitation.
2. joint connector according to claim 1, the shorting members keep housing section to have abutting part, the abutting
Portion is abutted by the electric wire side terminal chimeric with the terminal fitting portion of the shorting members so as to provide the electric wire side
The apical position of son.
3. joint connector according to claim 1, the shorting members keep housing section to have terminal embedded division, described
Terminal embedded division receives the insertion of the top ends of the electric wire side terminal chimeric with the terminal fitting portion of the shorting members.
4. joint connector according to claim 3, the terminal embedded division is the recess for having bottom, and the bottom is formed
Abutted by the top of the electric wire side terminal with being embedded into the terminal embedded division so as to provide the top of the electric wire side terminal
The abutting part of position.
5. the joint connector according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, the shorting members keep housing section to have：
Shorting members insertion section, its in terminal accommodating room side opening, receive the shorting members to the electric wire side terminal
The insertion in direction of insertion identical direction is to keep the shorting members；And shorting members limiting unit, it passes through relative to insertion
The shorting members to the shorting members insertion section touch in the direction of side opposite with the direction of insertion of the shorting members, so as to
Limit the shorting members.
6. the joint connector according to any one of Claims 1 to 5, the terminal keeps each terminal card of housing section
Stop is that the lance portion of deformation can be elastically deflected to the direction orthogonal with the direction of principal axis of the electric wire side terminal.
7. joint connector according to claim 6, the terminal keeps housing section by with can carry out the deflection deformation
The 1st spring rate the 1st material forming, the shorting members keep housing section by the 2nd bullet with more than the 1st spring rate
2nd material forming of property rate.
8. the joint connector according to any one of claim 1~7, the terminal keeps housing section and the short circuit
It is the housing section with shell that one has housing department that component, which keeps side's housing section in housing section, and the housing department is to allow
The opposing party's housing section mode of relative shift in limited range keeps and houses the opposing party's housing section.
9. joint connector according to claim 8, the shorting members are gone back in addition to the terminal fitting portion
With multiple connector end sub-portions, the multiple connector end sub-portion is from the base portion to pleurapophysis opposite with the terminal fitting portion
Go out, and the multiple bonder terminals that can be included with other side's connector are chimeric respectively, the housing section with shell is further wrapped
Containing cover portion, the cover portion extends from the housing department and from the multiple connector end sub-portion of outer side covers.
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